Genetics of Hydrocyanic Acid (HCN) in Forage Sorghum

摘要

In a breeding program on forage sorghum, it is desirable to develop varieties with high fodder yields and low hydrocyanic acid (HCN) contents. Information on the gene action of a desirable trait is useful to an efficient breeding program, and provides valuable knowledge about the gene action and nature of genetic variances. Therefore, we studied the genetics of HCN content in our forage sorghum breeding program using diatlel analysis as suggested by Hayman (1954).